{"id":416367,"date":"2023-01-19T20:06:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=416367"},"modified":"2023-01-19T20:06:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T20:06:03","slug":"stephen-a-smith-receives-backlash-on-the-comments-he-made-on-superstar-rihanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/stephen-a-smith-receives-backlash-on-the-comments-he-made-on-superstar-rihanna\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith Receives Backlash On The Comments He Made On Superstar Rihanna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She is incredible.\u201cRihanna\u2019s music is fantastic.\u201d\u201cShe\u2019s great.\u201d\u201cI love her dearly.\u201d\u201cI listen to her music. \u201dShe&#8217;s going to do well. She is simply too fantastic to be bad.\u00a0Imagine saying all those things about someone and then having to apologise. Stephen A. Smith experienced it on Wednesday after inciting Rihanna supporters.<\/p>\n<p>On a chat show, Smith was questioned about his excitement for Rihanna&#8217;s forthcoming Super Bowl halftime concert.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stephen A not getting invited back \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udc80 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/swIWhRw4XK\">pic.twitter.com\/swIWhRw4XK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen A. Smith Burner\u2019s Burner Parody (@TheSASBBurner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSASBBurner\/status\/1615810213348577313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Stephen A. Smith Receives Backlash On The Comments He Made On Superstar Rihanna<\/h2>\n<p>Smith praised the vocalist before adding, &#8220;There&#8217;s one thing she&#8217;s not. She&#8217;s not Beyonce, Smith dropped the comparison, because Beyonc\u00e9 performed at the Super Bowl a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For ME, there&#8217;s Beyonc\u00e9 and there&#8217;s everybody else,&#8221; Smith subsequently continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ain&#39;t no way in hell the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallascowboys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dallascowboys<\/a>  beat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/49ers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@49ers<\/a> ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1IKcfNAZby\">pic.twitter.com\/1IKcfNAZby<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/1615769995732029440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The audience was present when Smith began praising Rihanna, but as soon as he said something about Beyonc\u00e9, they began to gasp, shout, boo, and moan. The response was evidence of Stephen A.&#8217;s talent as a performer.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFirst Take\u201d host posted a three-minute apology video after he said that Rihanna \u201cain\u2019t no Beyonce\u201d while discussing RiRi\u2019s upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iy2P2oU27Qc&amp;t=36s\"> on the \u201cSherri\u201d show Wednesday.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Has been removed. My social management team will never make a mistake like this again. My apologies again to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rihanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Rihanna<\/a>. And just to be clear, I\u2019m a huge fan. Sherri and I were just having fun. That is all.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/1615812590680289280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna own it,\u201d Smith said in a video posted to Twitter and Instagram later that day. \u201cI know what y\u2019all trying to do, but I\u2019m gonna own it because I get paid to speak for a living, so I need to be more careful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 I\u2019m a Beyonce fan,\u201d Smith said in his apology video. \u201cI think that Beyonc\u00e9 is not only a phenomenal performer, but <em>the<\/em> phenomenal performer. The only reason any kind of comparison came into play is because Beyonce performed at halftime at the Super Bowl, not just by herself [in 2013], but one separate performance with Bruno Mars and Coldplay [in 2016] \u2014 and I thought those were two of the greatest shows that I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apologies to Rihanna for my words, gotta be more careful! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RLcsaQAJ4v\">pic.twitter.com\/RLcsaQAJ4v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/1615808582833868831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 I meant it as no disrespect to Rihanna. I know she is phenomenal and she is my sister. Nothing but love for her, but Beyonce is my sister too. I got love for the both of them. I just think that Beyonce is the greatest performer out there today. That\u2019s me, that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m hating on anybody else and that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m damn well wishing for Rihanna to fail. I think she\u2019s going to be great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith then apologized to Rihanna and wished her luck before she takes the Super Bowl halftime stage next month in Arizona.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rihanna fans showing up to Stephen A. Smith\u2019s House <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/THJBJpw8aw\">pic.twitter.com\/THJBJpw8aw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Blake Garman (@FrostedBlakes34) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrostedBlakes34\/status\/1615844710425464833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRihanna, go do your thing,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI apologize for creating whatever brouhaha comes of this. I gotta be more careful, where people twist it and turn it into something it ain\u2019t. My bad on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comical aspect of this tale is how Stephen A. had to do one of those forced hostage-style apology tapes from the back of a huge SUV because Rihanna supporters were so incensed by him admitting he preferred Beyonc\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iy2P2oU27Qc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NFL UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/reports-coach-sean-payton-at-least-wants-20-million-a-year-on-return\/\">Reports: Coach Sean Payton At least Wants $20 Million A Year On Return<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She is incredible.\u201cRihanna\u2019s music is fantastic.\u201d\u201cShe\u2019s great.\u201d\u201cI love her dearly.\u201d\u201cI listen to her music. \u201dShe&#8217;s going to do well. She is simply too fantastic to be bad.\u00a0Imagine saying all those things about someone and then having to apologise. Stephen A. Smith experienced it on Wednesday after inciting Rihanna supporters. On a chat show, Smith was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":416368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[2211,479,4691,4692,4693],"class_list":["post-416367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-nfl-news","tag-stephen-a-smith","tag-stephen-a-smith-backlash","tag-stephen-a-smith-rihanna","tag-stephen-a-smith-superbowl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}